Hitting a homer and two doubles, Al Woods drove in four runs to pace the Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the Twins. The Blue Jays settled the issue quickly with four runs in the first inning. With one out, Bob Bailor singled, took third on a single by Roy Howell and scored when Willie Horton forced Howell. John Mayberry then singled and Woods followed with a three-run homer. Woods added his fourth RBI with a double in the eighth.

Since this was the only day game on the schedule, it was the first to be affected by the strike of umpires. Coaches Jerry Zimmerman of the Twins and Don Leppert of the Blue Jays worked at second and third bases, helping two amateur umpires, before they were replaced in the second inning by a third umpire from the Toronto Area Junior Baseball League. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 7, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Friday, August 25, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Twins        0  1  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3 11  0
Blue Jays    4  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   7 13  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .252      Bosetti cf            4   0   1   0     1   0   .259
Smalley ss            4   1   1   0     1   1   .283      Bailor rf             5   1   3   1     0   0   .266
Carew 1b              4   0   2   1     1   0   .339      Howell 3b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .273
Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .287      Horton dh             4   2   2   2     0   1   .266
Ford cf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .294      Mayberry 1b           3   1   1   0     1   1   .256
Adams dh              3   0   1   0     0   0   .244      A. Woods lf           4   1   3   4     0   1   .269
  Morales ph,dh       1   0   1   0     0   0   .325      Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Wynegar c             3   0   0   1     0   0   .250      McKay 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .246
Norwood lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Gomez ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Randall 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Kirkwood p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Serum p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sutton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3  11   2     4   3             Totals               36   7  13   7     3   4

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 15,206
Left on Base: Twins 9, Blue Jays 8
DP: Twins 0, Blue Jays 3
Doubles: Powell (17), Carew (19), Howell (28), Horton (17), A. Woods 2 (9)
Triples: McKay (7)
Home Runs: A. Woods (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Wynegar (4)
GIDP: Carew (13), Adams (9), Smalley (13)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Serum L(7-6)            2.1   6   6   6   1   0   1  14   4.08
Holly                   1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.60
Jackson                 3.1   5   1   1   2   4   0  17   4.76
Sutton                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.99
Totals                  8    13   7   7   3   4   1  39

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirkwood W(3-1)         6.1   8   3   3   3   1   0  28   4.04
Willis SV(7)            2.2   3   0   0   1   2   0  11   5.10
Totals                  9    11   3   3   4   3   0  39

Wild Pitches: Jackson (3)

Umpires: HP - Joe Sawchuk, 1B - Alan Contant, 2B - Don Leppert, 3B - Jerry Zimmerman,


TWINS 1ST: substitute umpires worked due to a one-day strike
by the staff umpires; Debut for umpires Don Leppert, Jerry
Zimmerman, Joe Sawchuk, Rich Panas and Alan Contant; Powell
was called out on strikes; Smalley flied out to right; On a bunt
Carew singled to pitcher; Cubbage lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Bailor
singled to shortstop; Howell singled to left [Bailor to third];
Horton forced Howell (shortstop to second) [Bailor scored];
Mayberry singled to right [Horton to third]; A. Woods homered
[Horton scored, Mayberry scored]; Ashby flied out to right; 4 R,
4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 4.

TWINS 2ND: Ford singled to right; Adams singled to left [Ford to
third]; Wynegar hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ford scored];
Norwood flied out to center; Randall grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: McKay popped to catcher in foul territory; Gomez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 4.

TWINS 3RD: Powell doubled to right; Smalley singled to right
[Powell to third]; Carew grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Powell scored, Smalley out at second]; Cubbage
walked; Ford grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell
doubled to right; Horton doubled to left [Howell scored];
Mayberry was walked intentionally; HOLLY REPLACED SERUM
(PITCHING); A. Woods doubled to center [Horton scored, Mayberry
to third]; Ashby grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay flied
out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 4TH: Adams flied out to left; Wynegar lined to first;
Norwood flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue
Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Gomez flied out to right; Bosetti grounded out
(second to first); Bailor grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 5TH: Randall grounded out (third to first); Powell popped
to third in foul territory; Smalley walked; Carew doubled to
left [Smalley scored]; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: JACKSON REPLACED HOLLY (PITCHING); Howell walked;
Horton singled to second [Howell to second]; Mayberry popped to
catcher in foul territory; A. Woods struck out; Ashby grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays
6.

TWINS 6TH: Ford singled to left; Adams grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Ford out at second];
Wynegar flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue
Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: McKay grounded out (third to first); Gomez flied
out to right; Bosetti singled to right; Bailor singled to right
[Bosetti to third]; Howell popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 7TH: Norwood grounded out (third to first); Randall
singled to shortstop; Powell walked [Randall to second]; WILLIS
REPLACED KIRKWOOD (PITCHING); Smalley was called out on strikes;
Carew walked [Randall to third, Powell to second]; Cubbage was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays
6.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Horton struck out; Mayberry struck out; A. Woods
doubled to right; Jackson threw a wild pitch [A. Woods to
third]; Ashby grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 8TH: Ford grounded out (second to first); MORALES BATTED
FOR ADAMS; Morales singled to left; Wynegar popped to second;
Norwood forced Morales (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); McKay
tripled to right; Gomez struck out; Bosetti walked; SUTTON
REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Bailor singled to center [McKay
scored, Bosetti out at third (center to third), Bailor to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 7.

TWINS 9TH: Randall singled to left; Powell singled to left
[Randall to second]; Smalley grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Randall to third, Powell out at second];
Carew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 7.

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